[PATCH 3/8] rust: io: register: use path fragment for alias destination

From: Alexandre Courbot

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 07:13:52 EST


The destination of an alias, whether it is fixed, relative, or indexed,
is always another register, i.e. a `struct` type. Replace the `ident`
fragment with a `path` one which is more accurate, and allows
referencing registers using a qualified path instead of only identifiers
visible from the current module.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/io/register.rs | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io/register.rs b/rust/kernel/io/register.rs
index 82f674aea45a..1e0e23e4233f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io/register.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io/register.rs
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ macro_rules! register {
$(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty)
$([ $size:expr $(, stride = $stride:expr)? ])?
$(@ $($base:ident +)? $offset:literal)?
- $(=> $alias:ident $(+ $alias_offset:ident)? $([$alias_idx:expr])? )?
+ $(=> $alias:ident $(+ $alias_offset:path)? $([$alias_idx:expr])? )?
{ $($fields:tt)* }
)*
) => {
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ macro_rules! register {

// Creates an alias register of fixed offset register `alias` with its own fields.
(
- @reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty) => $alias:ident
+ @reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty) => $alias:path
{ $($fields:tt)* }
) => {
$crate::register!(@bitfield $(#[$attr])* $vis struct $name($storage) { $($fields)* });
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ macro_rules! register {

// Creates an alias register of relative offset register `alias` with its own fields.
(
- @reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty) => $base:ident + $alias:ident
+ @reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty) => $base:ident + $alias:path
{ $($fields:tt)* }
) => {
$crate::register!(@bitfield $(#[$attr])* $vis struct $name($storage) { $($fields)* });
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ macro_rules! register {

// Creates an alias of register `idx` of array of registers `alias` with its own fields.
(
- @reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty) => $alias:ident [ $idx:expr ]
+ @reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty) => $alias:path [ $idx:expr ]
{ $($fields:tt)* }
) => {
$crate::build_assert::static_assert!(
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ macro_rules! register {
// fields.
(
@reg $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty)
- => $base:ident + $alias:ident [ $idx:expr ] { $($fields:tt)* }
+ => $base:ident + $alias:path [ $idx:expr ] { $($fields:tt)* }
) => {
$crate::build_assert::static_assert!(
$idx < <$alias as $crate::io::register::RegisterArray>::SIZE

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